I'm not overweight (8 stone, and 5ft tall) but want the health, and to remove that belly that's crept on. My conclusion is that I am going to keep my husband company on the lean days, with soup at lunchtime (just won't count the calories) and a lighter than usual evening meal, but with carbs for me, as that seems to be essential for women. There is also a current 3-year clinical trial in Denmark (How often should we eat? by Inge Holm, Rigshospitalet - ) that might start to answer some questions about how different people (18-35 years old) respond according to gender and normal or obese starting weights. Looking at the website Marks Daily Apple and his posting Should Women Fast, and then Paleo for Women written by Stefani Ruper (search within the site for intermittent fasting), there is a lot of info on suitability (or not) of the various forms of this style of eating for women, including the 5, 8 or 10-hour window, restricted calories for life, and fasting or lean days. I thought it would be quite hard to do exercise, especially by day 2. But I was surprised that I could do my usual exercise class (core stability) on day 1, and my usual midday swim for 30 mins on day 2). Well, tried the 2-day 'lean days' again, and I found it gave me a dry mouth for most of the time, despite drinking loads of water and tea, a bit of a fuzzy head, plus insomnia. Also have learnt the difference from being peckish and being hungry, and this has made us change our eating habits on the 'normal' days. Have a snacking habit, and were horrified to discover how often we started for the goodies cupboard on the lean day. The one thing we have both learned from trying 5:2 out is that we Unfortunately a lot of research on diet/drugs etc are on men, as they are 'simpler' than women with their complicating factors of monthly variations etc. There has been some research on eating only within an 8 hour window during each day, to give the body a rest, so am busy searching out the studies to find out if they looked at women. It would seem men and women respond differently to low carb or restricted calories, with some women finding they have alertness/insomnia which could be due to extra adrenaline in response to threat. I also wondered if people of healthy weight to begin with also benefit, and if women in particular benefit, and after Googling, found various paleolithic/primal diet websites. So this week we are cutting out the carbs. Reviewing what Michael Moseley ate, it was protein and veg for both meals. However, we are all different heights, so I don't know if recommended daily calories are different for tall or short women, for example.Īlso, myself and husband tried this last week, but realised we used up a lot of the lean days' calories with carbs. Their lean day (can't really call it a fasting day, can you?) calorie intake was based on 25% of recommended daily intake - hence the difference between men and women. They were a mix of male and female, and all were obese (only just, according to their BMI). I wanted to know where the 500/600 calories came from, and the type of group. I watched the programme and was enthusiastic about the health benefits, so looked at the research paper quoted in the programme - the one about alternate day fasting. Well done for publishing recipes - makes it much easier.
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